to overturn the election. the thanksgiving forecast: what you need to know about the holiday weather. winter is coming. restaurant owners dreading the loss of outdoor dining. >> i think as many as 50% of new york city restaurants will go out of business. >> brennan: meghan markle's heartbreak. the duchess opens up about her miscarriage. the one question she says we should all ask each other in these uncertain times. college basketball season tips off tonight, and it's already in chaos because of coronavirus, as a top college football coach announces he has ge kids who could and, the college kids who could not bear to see food going to waste while so many americans go hungry. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> brennan: good evening, and thank you for joining us. norah is off tonight.

i'm margaret brennan. we'll get to president trump pardoning michael flynn in just a moment, but we're going to begin with the breaking news: with millions of americans on the move tonight, health experts worry, what is usually one of the country's biggest nights for travel may also become one of its most dangerous. as we come on the air tonight, one doctor is warning, thanksgiving will become the "mother of all superspreader events," as people let down their guard and their masks. but even before americans gathering around the table tomorrow, the rate of new cases of coronavirus is growing astronomically tonight. 2.3 million people have been infected nationwide in just the past two weeks. and more than 2,000 have been reported dead in the past 24 hours. that's the highest single-day death toll in more than six months. late today, president-elect joe biden called on weary americans to wear masks and not surrender to fatigue, saying, "we are at war with the virus, not with

each other." so there is a lot of new reporting for you and your family tonight, including the latest holiday forecast. and our team is standing by to cover it all. cbs' kris van cleave is going to lead us off tonight from reagan national airport. good evening, kris. >> reporter: margaret, we hit a pandemic high at airport checkpoints like the one behind me here on sunday. since then, monday and tuesday, those numbers have ticked down a bit, but the expectation is still, up to 50 million americans will take to the roads or the skies to travel for thanksgiving, and that is exactly what the c.d.c. is urging people not to do. some of the longest lines of the pandemic at seattle's airport, a sign of americans on the move tonight, despite blunt warnings from public health officials, again pleading for people to stay home this thanksgiving. >> by making that sacrifice, you're going to be preventing people from getting infected.

>> reporter: but millions are going anyway. romeo garcio left maryland this afternoon for his parents in greenville, north carolina. >> the holidays are really the only times where i could be able to see my family. >> reporter: do you worry at all about bringing the coronavirus home with you? >> not at all. i've been tested. i'm negative. >> reporter: but that wasn't enough for tom wilson. he made the agonizing decision not to spend thanksgiving with his family. >> it just seemed like a risk that wasn't worth taking. >> reporter: trying to stop out- of-control spread, there's a growing patchwork of restrictions in cities and states. 14 states and washington, d.c. call for mandatory testing or of quarantine requirements for travelers. new york city police are setting up checkpoints at bridges and tunnels, and maryland state troopers are checking if bars and restaurants are following the rules. a stay-at-home advisory is now in place in pennsylvania, and tonight, a thanksgiving booze ban at bars and restaurants. in l.a., outdoor dining shut

down tonight. from coast to coast, governors and mayors are practically begging people not to gathering. >> don't make it harder on those frontline workers. >> to act like it's a normal thanksgiving is to deny reality. >> we are extremely concerned about thanksgiving weekend becoming a superspreader event. >> reporter: small gatherings are now a major driver of the virus' spread. >> now, i'm in the hospital, i can't see my family. >> reporter: 15 members of a texas family contracted covid at a birthday lunch. they made this emotional plea: >> please, don't be like my family and ignore the c.d.c. guidelines. >> reporter: but relief for a covid-weary nation could be just months away. "operation warp speed" expects up to 110 million americans, one-third of the country, to be vaccinated by february. >> now, the u.s. population as a whole should be covered in terms of vaccine doses available somewhere between the month of may and the month of december. >> reporter: help cannot come soon enough for millions struggling to find enough to eat, a familiar scene played out

in houston: a long line of cars picking up food for the holiday, thankful just to have a meal. and flyers arriving in los angeles tonight are being greeted with a new health declaration form they have to fill out that reminds them to quarantine for 14 days, and in oregon, the governor is encouraging people to call the police if they see covid- restriction violators. margaret. >> brennan: kris van cleave. we'll see if it works. for advice for the millions of americans who are still planning to travel this thanksgiving, let's bring in cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. and, cbs' lonnie quinn. so, dr. lapook, what can people do to stay safe if they've chosen to gathering with friends and family? >> reporter: margaret, i think the safest thing is for people to assume they're infected and infectious but they just don't know it, even if they have recently tested negative. so when you're at that thanksgiving dinner and you're with people who are not in your protective pod or bubble, and

you lower down that mask, now you risk infecting them or perhaps getting infected yourself. so we need to disassociate eating with socializing. the two people, the two pods that are not together, should be outside, or inside and in different rooms. and then once you do come indoors and you're in the same room, remember that you all have to wear the same masks. you have to wear a mask the entire time, even if you are more than six feet away, even if you're across the room. and the reason is that the virus can travel across the room in small aerosols, in tiny aerosols, and it can accumulate in the air over time, especially if there's poor ventilation. so if you can, open the windows, open the doors. you may get a little cold. wear a sweater or a jacket. it's worth it to try to decrease the risk to others. >> brennan: thank you, doctor. and, lonnie, how is the holiday forecast looking? >> well, it's looking wet in the northeast. you just heard dr. lapook say it's better to be outside than inside, but rain is a deterrent. right now we have rain from wisconsin into the ohio valley all the way down to louisiana.

but i will say, temps on the eastern side of that rain, it will be mild tomorrow. i mean, you're talking temperatures maybe 10 degrees above average for the eastern portion of that front. and on the western side, temperatures a little bit below average. washington, to boston, a rain chance, but it's also more the first part of your day than the second part of your day. other than that, that's the only story i have for you. it's quiet-- except west coast, and i want to spend time on this, margaret, it's important. the santa ana begins to kick in and it would be 50-70 miles per hour. so we're encouraging you to get outside, cook outside, you have to be careful with any kind of open flame in that portion of the country. margaret, back to you. >> brennan: lonnie, thank you. now to president trump announced he is pardoning michael flynn, the former national security adviser who twice pled guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about contracts with russia. here's cbs' ben tracy.

>> reporter: former national security adviser michael flynn received his pardon via tweet late this afternoon. president trump saying flynn can "now have a truly fantastic thanksgiving." >> lock her up! lock her up! >> yeah, that's right, lock her up! >> reporter: flynn lasted just 23 days as national security adviser. fired in 2017 for lying to the f.b.i. and vice president mike pence about contact with the then-russian ambassador before the inauguration. flynn told the f.b.i. he never advised the russians not to retaliate against sanctions imposed by the outgoing obama administration. but, the f.b.i. had tapes of flynn doing just that. he pled guilty, then later tried to change his plea. president trump has long claimed flynn was treated unfairly. >> what they've done to general flynn and to other people is a disgrace. it's a disgrace. >> i know crooks really well. >> reporter: also today, the president's attorney, rudy giuliani, making more unfounded claims of election fraud at a republican party-sponsored event in pennsylvania. president trump was expected to

be there, but changed plans at the last minute with no explanation. ( applause ) the crowd cheered as the president called into the event and made his own false allegations. >> this election was rigged, and we can't let that happen. we can't let it happen for our country. and this election has to be turned around. >> reporter: there is no evidence of any widespread fraud, and president-elect biden's more than 80,000-vote victory in pennsylvania has already been certified. tonight, democrats are accusing president trump of abusing his power with his pardon of michael flynn, and earlier this year, the president commuted the sentence of his longtime associate, roger stone, who was also involved in the russia investigation, which the president has called a "witch hunt." margaret. >> brennan: ben tracy at the white house. tonight, president-elect joe biden is urging americans to hang on and keep fighting against covid and not with each other. biden aides have now made contact with more than 50

federal agencies as transition planning picks up steam. here is cbs' nikole killion. >> starting on day one of my presidency, we will take steps that will change the course of this disease. >> reporter: president-elect joe biden today said he will take aim at the virus once he gets into office. >> we need to remember, we're at war with the virus, not with one another. not with each other. this is the moment where we need to steel our spines, redouble our efforts and recommit ourselves to the fight. >> reporter: and with nearly 2,000 people dying per day from covid, he urged people to remain vigilant over the holiday season with masks and social distancing until a vaccine becomes available. >> there's real hope, tangible hope. so hang on. don't let yourself surrender to the fatigue. >> reporter: mr. biden's team had been desperate to communicate with government experts on the pandemic, and today they were finally briefed on "operation warp speed" and the plans for a vaccine

distribution. the president-elect is expected to announce additional cabinet picks next week, but was noncommittal when asked whether he planned to nominate either bernie sanders or elizabeth warren, his rivals during the primaries. >> look, as i said, we already have significant representation among progressives in our administration. >> reporter: president-elect biden has suggested he may need lawmakers like sanders and warren to stay in the senate to help pass big-ticket items on his agenda. he does plan to name his economic team next week, and will start getting the presidential daily brief on monday. margaret. >> brennan: nikole killion in delaware. turning overseas now, tonight, there are fears of a humanitarian crisis in ethiopia. government forces are surrounding the regional capital els. is controlled by rebels. prime minister abiy ahmed warns prime minister abiy ahmed warns there will be no mercy if the rebels don't surrender. hundreds have already died in fighting.

president-elect biden's incoming national security adviser is warning of potential war crimes and calling for dialogue. abiy was award the nobel peace prize last year for working on a ceasefire. britain's duchess of sussex, meghan markle, revealed today that she suffered a miscarriage this summer. the 39-year-old american actress and wife of prince harry was pregnant with their second child. cbs' elizabeth palmer reports from london. >> reporter: first, there was the joy of tiny archie's birth in may 2019. and then, meghan wrote in her op-ed, the grief of a miscarriage. "i felt a sharp cramp. i dropped to the floor with him in my arms. i knew as i clutched my firstborn child that i was losing my second." it was a heavy blow at a difficult time. by then, meghan and harry's relationship with the royal family was rocky, and the strain had been showing for some time. >> any woman, when they're--

especially when they're pregnant, you're really vulnerable. >> reporter: you can see it here in a 2019 itv documentary when the journalist asked meghan a simple question, "are you okay?" >> thank you for asking, because not many people have asked if i'm okay. >> and the answer is-- would it be fair to say not really okay. it's really been a struggle? >> yes. >> reporter: as meghan struggled with the grief of her miscarriage, the world is struggling now, she writes. "loss and pain have plagued everyone of us in 2020. we are adjusting to a new normal where faces are concealed by masks." meghan puts her thanksgiving message this way: "when we do look into one another's eyes now, let us also ask 'are you okay'?" buckingham palace said it wouldn't comment on the miscarriage, describing it as a deeply personal matter. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> brennan: just a few hours

from now, a ban on outdoor dining goes into effect in los angeles county to stop the spread of covid. cold weather is already ending outdoor dining in much of the country, and cbs' jim axelrod reports that many restaurants may not survive the next few months. >> reporter: after months of outdoor dining that kept the lights on at new york city restaurants like the mermaid inn... >> this is the first time i have been here in 33-degree weather. >> reporter: ...winter is coming for co-owner danny abrams. what do the next three months look like? >> they look very dark, very disturbing. >> reporter: abrams and his partner, cindy smith, had seven restaurants pre-pandemic. one is open now. 350 employees before covid, is now 50. abrams has a brutal forecast of his own as cold weather puts the freeze on outdoor dining. >> i think as many as 50 per of new york city restaurants will go out of business. >> reporter: danny, that is bleak.

>> it's bleak. >> reporter: one in six restaurants open in march will have closed for good by year's end. >> i think that we are at the point where we've been hanging on, and we will not make it through these next few months. >> reporter: national restaurant association president tom bene, says another 40% of those that have survived so far don't expect to make it another six months without help from congress. >> quite honestly, the impact is well beyond just that restaurant. you think about those farmers, those suppliers who provide food. >> reporter: but does news of the vaccine change your mindset at all? "hey, i've just got to get through the next couple of months and i'll be okay." >> the first part, yes, i just have to get through the next couple of months. the "i'm going to be okay" part hasn't crept in yet. >> reporter: and the cold weather ahead may very well keep it that way. jim axelrod, cbs news, new york. >> brennan: there is still much more news ahead. we'll be right back. k. take this year off so at the ford built for the holiday sales event.

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♪ >> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." >> i'm kathryn in washington, happy thanksgiving and thank you for staying with us this morning. as millions of americans prepare for today's traditional holiday feast, millions more are struggling just to put food on the table. one study found food insecurity in the u.s. doubled in first few months of this year after the coronavirus arrived. recent cbs news poll found more than 1/3 of americans are at least somewhat concerned they won't have enough money for groceries in the next year. errol barnett has the story. >> thank you so much, have a good thanksgiving. >> reporter: a scene playing out

across the country, jam-packed food banks like this in arlington, texas. >> it's crazy to see the turnout, and crazy to see the love we so desperately need. >> reporter: lee spoke to hungry families in san antonio sunday morning, including kathryn wynn, a mother of 5. >> you have to decide if you have to pay a bill or water or groceries and water or lights might be turned off next month. >> reporter: people waited for hours after tyler perry announced he would give away thanksgiving supplies and gift cards at his studio for the first 5,000 families. traffic backed up for miles. began 8:00 a.m. and ran out by 10:00 a.m. in los angeles, escobar also

waited hours to pick up holiday groceries. >> it's not easy, i lost my job. four months with no income. >> reporter: food insecurity disproportionately affects black and latino americans, especially those with kids. and some volunteers are noticing another trend. >> many of the cars coming through here, this pandemic is first time they've ever called for help. >> reporter: projects more than 50 million americans will have experienced food insecurity this year, up from around 35 million before the pandemic. >> what the pandemic did was push people from poverty to hunger deeper, and push people at edge into hunger and poverty. >> reporter: ceo of hunger free america. >> this is the worst hunger crisis in modern american times. unless the fed